Re: Sleeping bags
[Re: bigboy]
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08/25/22 05:07 PM
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bearcat2
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Not down, synthetic, but the best I've been around are Wiggy's. Lifetime guarantee also. Really not that bad, I bought one twenty years ago that has been used a lot and stored stuffed a lot, which is something Wiggy's says is okay and almost every other brand claims is an absolute no-no. Bought one for the wife a couple years ago, was actually quite surprised, hadn't gone up much, if any, in price in twenty years. Still under $300 for the Ultima Thule (I think -35), I hadn't realized how much loft mine had lost in 20 years until the wife's showed up, but mine will still keep me warm at ten below. I've slept in it down to 20-25 below but it has been a few years since I've been out in it at that cold.
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/25/22 05:09 PM
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Willy Firewood
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I missed out on that $$$ chapter too. I always have had synthetic bags that are cushy, warm, and dry easily. Even carried one backpacking into remote areas because it was so luxurious compared to mummy down bags. I have one now for truck access camping that is really really comfortable.
Anyway, I bought a gagging price down bag for an elk hunt. The hunt never happened because I broke my arm. It was rescheduled and I broke my back. The down bag may be good, light, and compress to the size of a deck of cards, but I don’t know so brand is irrelevant. In these modern times isn’t there a synthetic bag that gets close to down for compression and weight? Whatever you buy, get the best pad you can afford!
Long ago in a northern Maine in an only marginally heated cabin in cold weather, wife was sleeping in an old military mummy down and feather bag. (It was our warmest bag at the time.). She had a nightmare and woke up screaming and tearing her way out of the bag in a puff of feathers and down. She then spent the next hour sewing and swearing about the sleeping bag, an unheated cabin, and me. It was quite funny actually. Occasionally I ask her if she remembers that event.
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/25/22 05:09 PM
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My fav is the US Mountain bag my dad brought home from Korea. With the cover. A bit heavy, but never let me down .... to -20F. Seen excellent used one pretty cheap. I had one of those as a kid, really warm bag as long as it is dry, but heavy and soaked up water like a sponge, and wasn't warm when it was wet. Used to be able to pick them up at army surplus stores or thrift stores cheap though and they were warmer than 95% of those expensive bags on the market as long as you kept them dry.
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/25/22 05:11 PM
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My wife and I just used our ZenBivy quilt-style sleeping bags in Glacier park last week. Went to bed at around 60°F, woke up around 40°F. I wasn't bundled up with extra clothes at all, and I stayed perfectly warm. Used a Nemo Tensor sleeping pad too as an insulating layer under the quilt/bag. I'm not sure if they offer products working down to 0°F or below, but they may be worth a look! I am very pleased with mine.
"Pretty cocky for a starving pilgrim!" "An elk don't know how many legs a horse has!"
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/25/22 05:12 PM
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If your packin the bag then western mountaineering or feathered friends. Buy once and cry only once.
E 'Honey Badger Militia' Sleep, the anti woke adote.
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/25/22 05:41 PM
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X2 on Wiggy's. You can also check for sales and discontinued items for better prices. Got my oldest kid a nice bag cause they had dropped the camo pattern it was made from. Get the FTRSS combo and you actually get two bags.......inner and outer. Mine is going on 20 years plus. For more info........check out his blog thing below. https://www.wiggys.com/
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/25/22 07:37 PM
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A wet down bag is worthless, A wet synthetic can be wrung out and still be 90% efficient.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/25/22 07:55 PM
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I have a military down bag and it never gets cold enough to have it zippered up all the way.......jk
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/25/22 08:19 PM
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I carried a 10 degree down bag from REI on my Appalachian trail thru hike and it was great. Get the best pad you can, the pad is a big difference maker for comfort.
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/25/22 08:49 PM
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Western Mountaineering with Gore and wind stopper. It’s served me very well over the years
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/25/22 08:52 PM
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Don't forget to put your boots in the bag, keeps them from freezing when damp.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Sleeping bags
[Re: bigboy]
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08/26/22 12:13 AM
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BigBob
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Also, with an oversize bag, you can put bag liner or quilt inside.
Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon.
Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor.
Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/26/22 12:35 AM
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I used to be a goose down guy, but now synthetic. Unless you are backpacking in and weight is a factor go with synthetic. If it gets damp you will still be warm.
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Re: Sleeping bags
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08/26/22 01:47 AM
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Willy Firewood
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Whatever you choose open it up during the day to dry out the moisture from sleeping. Dry is warm and dryer is warmer.
FRAC LIVES MATTER
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